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Why the US should fight Russia, China in the ‘gray zone’
Time for Washington to get more active in the 'gray zone,' especially cyber and information warfare, according to the Atlantic Council.
Unhappy with Pentagon’s religious liberty guidance, lawmakers set up meeting with top defense official
A group of conservative lawmakers have demanded a meeting with Defense Secretary Mark Esper to talk about religious liberty issues.
By Kent Miller
Hundreds attend funeral for slain sailor
Mourners in the front row at Compassion Christian Church included Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who ordered flags lowered to half-staff at all statewide buildings to honor the serviceman.
How rising temps could cause even more heat casualties at military bases
A study by the Union of Concerned Scientists warns that increasingly long stretches of hot days will make military training more dangerous.
How the US military embraced America’s religious diversity
In 1917, when the United States entered World War I, the chaplaincy was a majority white and fully Christian organization. That changed.
By Ronit Y. Stahl, University of California, Berkeley
Look up! It’s a satellite!
On any given night, if it is dark and with little moonlight, you can easily see several satellites – launched to orbit Earth for various purposes.
By Christopher Palma, Pennsylvania State University
Op-ed: Al-Qaida is stronger today than it was on 9/11
How does a religious extremist group with fewer than a hundred members in September 2001 become a transnational terror organization, even as the world’s biggest military has targeted it for elimination?
By Christian Taylor, George Mason University
Op-Ed: Why the Pentagon is interested in UFOs
Globally, the number of UFO reportings in a year has peaked at more than 8,000. It’s not known how many the military experiences
By Iain Boyd, University of Michigan
Wooing Trump with sumo wrestling, a future carrier and the Chrysanthemum throne
Tokyo also plans to use a few rounds of golf and the first lady's birthday.
US halts recent practice of disclosing nuclear weapon total
The Trump administration has halted, without explanation, the recent U.S. government practice of disclosing the current size of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Killed in war, a sailor finally comes home
He will buried at the national cemetery in Jacksonville, his hometown.
By Matt Soergel, The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union